Ars Technica

Discovered major optimization for 10+ year old Wordpress websites (crud discovery)

I have a (potential) solution that applies to very old (10-15+ year old) Wordpress databases: This applies to ArsTechnica which is a heavily modified Wordpress CMS that has been running for more than ...
Threat Post

WPScan Vulnerability Database a New WordPress Security Resource

Researcher Ryan Dewhurst released the WPScan Vulnerability Database, a database housing security vulnerabilities in WordPress core code, plug-ins and themes. It’s available for pen-testers, WordPress ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers target WordPress database plugin active on 1 million sites

Malicious activity targeting a critical severity flaw in the ‘Better Search Replace’ WordPress plugin has been detected, with researchers observing thousands of attempts in the past 24 hours. Better ...
ZDNet

WordPress plugin vulnerability can be exploited for total website takeover

A WordPress plugin has been found to contain "easily exploitable" security issues that can be exploited to completely take over vulnerable websites. The plugin at the heart of the matter, WP Database ...
TechRepublic

Security Flaw in WordPress Plugin Puts 400,000 Websites at Risk

Security Flaw in WordPress Plugin Puts 400,000 Websites at Risk Your email has been sent A vulnerability in a widely used WordPress accessibility plugin could allow ...